Meanwhile the Michael Vick Experience appears frightfully close to concluding this season.

Vick’s symptoms from his second concussion with the Eagles are many, varied and disconcerting. The best news Eagles head athletic trainer Rick Burkholder offered Friday was the distorted vision Vick suffered after a series of hits in the second quarter against the Dallas Cowboys last Sunday is OK. Burkholder wouldn’t rule out an accumulation of hits being responsible for the 32-year-old Vick’s symptoms that include a long-standing issue with light sensitivity.

“It’s not even close to him playing this week,” Burkholder said. “He’s had symptoms all week. He’s had a headache, which has gotten better during the week. But he’s foggy. He’s not very alert right now. He just doesn’t have that energy. He’s tired all the time. He’s not getting rid of the fatigue. I would consider him heavy eyed. He’s just not the Michael Vick that I know when he’s healthy.”

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Vick didn’t do well in a cognitive function impact test Friday. He’ll be tested again Monday. In addition to being light sensitive he’s not far enough along to participate in even a modest exercise challenge.

For all practical purposes Vick is in Phase I of basically a five-phase process that must be completed without symptoms in order for him to be cleared to play football.

“We’ve had guys that have come out of Phase I immediately, and have been stuck in Phase II,” Burkholder said. “I have had guys who have gotten to Phase III, and then two weeks later, they couldn’t get out of Phase III. There is no way to determine that. We could come back here Monday and he could be fine, and then I can progress him through the next couple of phases. You just don’t know. And that’s why you don’t judge or speculate with the coaches when he’ll return. It’s not fair to him and it’s not fair to them. You have to take it day by day, and none of us will do anything crazy then and he won’t have pressure then.”

Foles took the first-team snaps at practice this week and is pumped to go against a Redskins defense that lacks a pass rush and a pass defense.

“It’s going to be loud,” Foles said after practicing to simulated crowd noise inside the Eagles’ bubble. “So communication is going to be key. We’ve got to stay together and play together.”

The starting offensive line will have at least two changes this weekend depending on whether right guard Danny Watkins returns from an ankle injury. The Eagles list Watkins questionable for the Redskins.

The Eagles and the Redskins both are 3-6. The Eagles are on a five-game losing streak while the Redskins have lost two in a row.

Barring dramatic improvement the irony is that Vick, who played every snap of the first eight games, shouldn’t even be watching the game Sunday on Fox 29.

“One of his goals, was, obviously, not to get hurt and make it through this season,” Eagles head coach Andy Reid said. “Mike is a very considerate guy. He feels like he lets people down and his teammates down and that’s not the case. He’s hurt. One of the toughest guys I’ve been around though. One of the most competitive, toughest guys I’ve been around. So he’ll get better as we go here. He’s just got to get better. That’s what he has to do. Just concentrate on that right now. That’s the most important thing.”